ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,459, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to R.A JONES & Co. (Covington, Ky.).
"Apparatus and process for shaping a box by wrapping-around" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Ivanoe Bertuzzi (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy), Marco Ghini (Bologna, Italy) and Luca Borderi (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for shaping a box by wrapping-around includes a shaping device with a carousel, on which shaping supports are circulated along a closed circular trajectory. A portion of the trajectory constitutes a box shaping path. The carousel rotates around a vert...